This week, the UN Secretary-General published his annual report on the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict. It helps countries like the UK understand what’s really happening in key conflicts.

Written by Webster Makombe Whilst the trending phrases during the Covid-19 pandemic are “social distancing” and “self-isolation”, where I am from we are saying “kusiri kufa ndekupi”. A Shona call of desperation which translated into English means “caught in between a rock and a hard place”. The Covid-19 pandemic has shaken the world into a […]

In a camp in Syria a boy told our team, “We’re used to the war now. Even when it hits nearby, we hide in caves. But with this virus, we can’t hide.”

The take-up of our Emergency Grants Scheme gives us some indication of the level of deprivation some families are experiencing during this crisis.

Last week the Emergency Health Unit (EHU) received the very sad news that our staff member, Patricio Walmsley, who deployed with us numerous times, was killed in a plane accident in his home country Argentina. He was working for the Argentinean flying ambulance service at the time. His friend and colleague Christopher Forbes has written […]

This blog is co-authored by Ariane McCabe, PhD,  Director of Global Health and Public Affairs, GSK Vaccines and by Claire Leonie Ward, PhD, Health Advocacy Adviser at Save the Children UK. As the world’s attention and resources are focused on tackling the global pandemic, what does this mean for those most at risk of exposure […]